Sports News Archives — Page 12 of 13

September 18, 2020 No Responses

Messi Wins Nine-Year Fight To Trademark His Surname

Footballer Lionel Messi can register his name as a trademark after a nine-year legal battle, the EU’s top court has ruled. The European Court of Justice dismissed an appeal from Spanish cycling company Massi and the EU’s intellectual property offic...

September 10, 2020 No Responses

Serena Williams Overcomes Pironkova To Reach Semi-Finals

Serena Williams kept alive her hopes of a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam singles title with a 4-6 6-3 6-2 win over Tsvetana Pironkova in the US Open quarter-finals. The American six-time champion, 38, struggled early on with the variety of...

September 9, 2020 No Responses

Ronaldo Scores 100th Goal For Portugal

Cristiano Ronaldo netted his 100th goal for Portugal in their Nations League clash away to Sweden on Tuesday. The goal scored by Ronaldo meant he joined Iran’s Ali Daei as the only male player to score 100 goals or more...

September 8, 2020 No Responses

Messi Reports For Barcelona Training

Barcelona’s all-time top scorer Lionel Messi has returned to training following his failed attempt to force a move away from the club. Messi, 33, submitted a transfer request on 25 August but said last Friday he would stay because it is “...

September 6, 2020 No Responses

Serena Williams Survives Stephens In Third-Round U.S. Open Test

Serena Williams survived a third-round scare at the U.S. Open to topple 2017 champion Sloane Stephens 2-6 6-2 6-2 and keep alive her bid for a record-equaling 24th Grand Slam title. A sure-footed Stephens pounced early as third seed Williams...

September 2, 2020 No Responses

Murray Ready For Long Haul After Winning Opening Match

Andy Murray’s mental toughness has never been in doubt, but his victory over Yoshihito Nishioka in the U.S. Open first round on Tuesday delivered the surest sign yet. The victory also proved that the Scot was physically capable of going...

August 29, 2020 No Responses

Celtic’s Bolingoli Gets Three-Match Ban Over Quarantine Breach

Celtic defender, Boli Bolingoli has been handed a three-match ban for breaking novel coronavirus quarantine rules, the Scottish Football Association said in a statement on Friday. The Belgian was further slammed with a further two games suspended until F...

July 1, 2020 No Responses

FIFA Bans Former Top Official, Kattner, For 10 years

Soccer’s world governing body FIFA has banned Markus Kattner, a former leading official in the Zurich organisation, for 10 years. The sports governing body fined him one million Swiss francs ($1.06 million) after a probe into bonus payments. FIFA said...

June 26, 2020 No Responses

Liverpool Fans Celebrate Premier League Title

Thousands of Liverpool fans gathered at Anfield to celebrate the club’s first Premier League title. Supporters set off flares and fireworks after Chelsea’s 2-1 win against Manchester Citygave the Reds their first league title in 30 years. With...

June 24, 2020 No Responses

Murray Makes Winning Return After 7-Month Layoff

Andy Murray enjoyed a winning return to action as he beat Liam Broady in the “Battle of the Brits’’ tournament at the national tennis centre in west London on Tuesday. The twice Wimbledon champion eased to a 6-2 6-2 victory...

June 21, 2020 No Responses

FIFA Explains Evaluation Of Colombia’s Bid To Host 2023 Women’s World Cup

FIFA is standing by its technical evaluation of Colombia’s bid to host the 2023 Women’s World Cup. It has now told the country’s unhappy football chief that the assessment was conducted in a “highly objective” manner. Colombian Football Federation pr...

June 8, 2020 No Responses

Concerns About Dying CAF Champion League

By Abiodun Mohammed — About two months after the outbreak of coronavirus and the consequent lockdowns imposed to curtail its spread in Africa, countries across the continent are gradually opening their economies. Sportsmen and women are also warming up...

May 13, 2020 No Responses

FIFA Postpones U-17, U-20 Women’s World Cup

The world football governing body, FIFA, has announced the postponement of the FIFA U-17 and U-20 Women’s World Cup and the Futsal World Cup due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. A statement on FIFA website on Tuesday said the decision...